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     Day of the Outlaw
1959  NR  WESTERN  1h 32min
CAST— Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Nehemiah Persoff, Venetia Stevenson, David Nelson, Jack Lambert, Elisha Cook
MUSIC— Alexander Courage  DIRECTOR— Andre de Toth

     Robert Ryan stars in this frigid Western that emphasizes claustrophobic drama and suspense as opposed to action and gun slinging. In a ramshackle town populated by a scant handful of citizens a desperate band of Army deserters (laden down with thousands in stolen gold) ride in and take over. For the most part the group wants to run wild with what whiskey and women they can find, but leader Burl Ives wants them cold sober; there’s a blizzard out and the posse isn’t far behind. But tension builds as the outlaws begin to rebel against Ives and his methods. Never quite as entertaining as the bolder tales of the West but not a bad way to kill ninety two minutes.
OUR RATING— ** ½